i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the bomb blast that ripped open government buildings in the heart of oslo, and the shootings at a political camp for teenagers. >> lehrer: then, from somalia, we have a report on the worst drought in a generation. and ray suarez examines the effort to get food to millions at risk of starvation. >> we're hopeful that we can push further into southern somalia in the coming days an weeks. we have to try. we can't not try. it's just too serious. >> woodruff: kwame holman updates the impasse over getting a deal to reduce the deficit and avert a government default. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown gets a rare inside look at a syrian city where anti- government demonstrations have grown bigger and bolder from anthony shadid of "the new york times." >> reporter: hama is syria's fourth largest city. it's a significant place, and since last month when security forces withdrew, you've s

i'm jim lehrer. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at today's courtroom proceedings, and examine where the prosecution's case stands now. >> lehrer: we get the latest on new clashes in syria from npr's deborah amos in damascus. >> the president wants to have a national dialogue, he says on july 10th. this group says nada, we are not your partners until the violence stops on the streets. >> brown: paul solman talks to the authors of a provocative new book on how fannie mae's push- for-profits helped pump up the housing bubble. >> if you are trying to enrich yourself, increase your profits, which fannie mae was absolutely determined to do then that becomes a per version of home ownership. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about invest

i'm jim lehrer. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the grim numbers, and the stubbornly high jobs gap between black and white americans with economists diane swonk and cecilia conrad. >> lehrer: judy woodruff talks to mil meses'b'benenn cape ananerer a aut today's liftoto of space shuttle "atlantis," the final launch of the nasa shuttle program. >> brown: britain's "news of the world" scandal expands, and ray suarez explores its impact on both journalism and politics. >> lehrer: tom bearden has the latest on the exxon pipeline rupture that gushed thousands of gallons of crude oil into a montana river. >> it's been a week since the silver tip pipeline released oil into the yellowstone river. but it may be months before they know how much damage is actually been done. >> brown: and david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our fu

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so enjoy. ♪ >> good evening, i'm jim lehrer.n the news this evening john merrow our education correspondent has written a book, the influence of teachers. i believe john is the leading education journalist in america. he should be he's been at it for a long time. john's the only reporter to have interviewed every u.s. secretary of education often for this program. in his long career john has learned how to get through doors that are closed to others. >> the bottom line is i don't believe that you are going to be the leader that is going to take this school in the direction that we need it to go in and have the highest expectations for the kids. i'm terminating your principalship now. >> in the late 1980s he talked his way inside the college admissions process, a first for any reporter. >> she's got an a plus in and b minus, b plus in psychology and a in bible 1 i don't think that's a very strong record. alumni case but i think we'd say no. >> i think maybe the most difficult thing is we're an applicant actually comes up -- comes